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ArticleNucleic acids research2006

Common determinants in DNA melting and helicase-catalysed DNA unwinding by papillomavirus replication protein E1.

Sandrine Castella, Gregg Bingham, Cyril M Sanders

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2006. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The E1 proteins.Virology · 2013
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  14. On helicases and other motor proteins.Current opinion in structural biology · 2008
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Sandrine CastellaInstitute for Cancer studies, University of Sheffield, Beech Hill Road, Sheffield S10 2RX, UK.
Gregg Bingham
Cyril M Sanders
University of Sheffield · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

E1 and T-antigen of the tumour viruses bovine papillomavirus (BPV-1) and Simian virus 40 (SV40) are the initiator proteins that recognize and melt their respective origins of replication in the initial phase of DNA replication. These proteins then assemble into processive hexameric helicases upon the single-stranded DNA that they create. In T-antigen, a characteristic loop and hairpin structure (the pre-sensor 1beta hairpin, PS1betaH) project into a central cavity generated by protein hexamerization. This channel undergoes large ATP-dependent conformational changes, and the loop/PS1betaH is proposed to form a DNA binding site critical for helicase activity. Here, we show that conserved residues in BPV E1 that probably form a similar loop/hairpin structure are required for helicase activity and also origin (ori) DNA melting. We propose that DNA melting requires the cooperation of the E1 helicase domain (E1HD) and the origin binding domain (OBD) tethered to DNA. One possible mechanism is that with the DNA locked in the loop/PS1betaH DNA binding site, ATP-dependent conformational changes draw the DNA inwards in a twisting motion to promote unwinding.

Indexed as

Amino Acid SequenceCatalysisConserved SequenceDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA FootprintingDNA HelicasesDNA, Single-StrandedHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsMolecular Sequence DataMutationNucleotidesProtein Structure, TertiaryReplication OriginViral ProteinsDNADNA-Binding ProteinsDNA HelicasesDNA, Single-StrandedE1 protein, Bovine papillomavirusNucleotidesViral Proteins

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PMID16738139
PMCPMC1474052
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